OAME Selects Neil Y. Lee of LEEKA Architecture and Planning as a Minority Business of the Year

April 25, 2012 - PRLog -- Portland, Ore., (April 24, 2012) -- The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME) has selected LEEKA Architecture and Planning as a recipient of Minority Business of the Year for 2012.  The award honors minority business owners who demonstrate significant business and personal growth and exemplify the mission of OAME.  Winners of this prestigious award are selected by OAME staff and management.  OAME recognizes business owners and companies for promoting the organization’s mission statement: “To promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in Oregon and Southwestern Washington, and thereby reduce racism and discrimination.”   Neil Y. Lee, principal of LEEKA Architecture and Planning, will receive the award at the Association’s Annual Luncheon and Trade Show on May 10, 2012 at the Oregon Convention Center.

“For 25 years, OAME has supported and partnered with small business owners in the Portland and Southwestern Washington region to help them reach and succeed in their professional goals,” said Sam Brooks, Chairman of the Board for OAME.  “Small minority business owners like Neil Lee of LEEKA Architecture and Planning represent the hundreds of small entrepreneurs out there in our area that have worked hard to bring diversity and inclusion to the business world in all industry sectors.”  

“I am honored and humbled to be awarded one of OAME’s Minority Business of the Year Awards for 2012.  OAME has provided LEEKA Architecture and Planning with invaluable assistance and networking opportunities for over a decade.  I am appreciative of OAME’s ongoing support they have provided me in my quest to reach my business goals,” stated Lee.

About LEEKA Architecture and Planning:
LEEKA Architecture and Planning (http://www.leekainc.com) is an Oregon State certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), and provides full architectural services including new building design, land use planning, architectural programming/design, space planning, ADA compliance studies, renovations of existing buildings, and tenant improvements.   Over the past decade LEEKA has provided work on projects that thousands of Portland and Vancouver metro-area residents come across on a daily basis, including public work, such as the Portland Milwaukie Light Rail Project, renovations to the Mark Hatfield Federal Courthouse, building improvements at the Rock Creek Campus of Portland Community College, and retail and commercial work to develop Walgreens, Camas Meadows Business park, and Carl’s Jr. franchises.

Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME):
The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (www.oame.org), was founded in 1987. Its mission statement is: “To promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in Oregon and SW Washington, and thereby reduce racism and discrimination.”  OAME has over 850 members in Oregon and Southwest Washington, representing 57 countries of origin. OAME offers business and entrepreneurial technical assistance, access to capital, administrative support, business incubation, and networking opportunities.